Fire services; assistance, object and activities 1985-2013

Fire services; assistance, object and activities 1985-2013

Region and municipal size Years Victims Dead Drowning, suffocation (number)
Total Netherlands 2013 92
North of the Netherlands (LD) 2013 19
East of the Netherlands (LD) 2013 18
West of the Netherlands (LD) 2013 30
South of the Netherlands) (LD) 2013 25
Groningen (PV) 2013 6
Friesland (PV) 2013 6
Drenthe (PV) 2013 7
Overijssel (PV) 2013 3
Flevoland (PV) 2013 6
Gelderland (PV) 2013 9
Utrecht (PV) 2013 7
Noord-Holland (PV) 2013 13
Zuid-Holland (PV) 2013 4
Zeeland (PV) 2013 6
Noord-Brabant (PV) 2013 22
Limburg (PV) 2013 3
250.000 and more inhabitants 2013 12
150.000 to 250.000 inhabitants 2013 25
100.000 to 150.000 inhabitants 2013 2
50.000 to 100.000 inhabitants 2013 4
20.000 to 50.000 inhabitants 2013 39
More than 20.000 inhabitants 2013 10
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

Dataset is not available.


This table contains information on (technical) assistances, other than fire fighting, by the municipal fire brigades. The information concerns:
- assistances in buildings (specified by kind)
- assistances at other locations (specified by location)
- assistances by kind
- victims (dead and wounded)
- rescues (freeing people)
- first aid to victims.
Information about false alarms is not included. Victims, rescues and first aid concerning active fire men is not
included. Also, information about assistances by other organisations (e.g. internal fire brigades in companies) is not included in this table.

The data are available by region, province and groups of cities.

For the year 2008 no information is available for the provinces Noord-Holland, Friesland, the regions North of the Netherlands, West of the Netherlands and municipal size.

For the year 2009, no information is available about both fire and assistance reports in the provinces Noord-Holland, Flevoland, the regions East of the Netherlands, West of the Netherlands and division of cities.

Data available from 1985 to 2013.

Status of the figures:
The data are final.

Changes as of: 20 January 2017
The data on 2013 are final and the table has been discontinued.

When will new figures be published?
Not applicable.
This table is replaced by the following tables:'Branden en hulpverleningen; meldingen bij de brandweermeldkamer, regio', 'Branden en hulpverleningen; alarmering van de brandweer, regio' en 'Branden; reactietijden van de brandweer, regio' (only in Dutch). See section 3 for links to relevant tables.

Description topics

Victims
Dead and wounded persons from events, not being fires, in which
the fire brigade is called upon.
Dead
Drowning, suffocation